30 Issues | A History of the Climate Change Debate

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 17, 2016

Listen to a brief history of the climate change debate, from early warnings in the 1950s, to Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger demanding more from his party in 2007, to Donald Trump calling it a hoax in recent primaries.

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